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Kommuninvest kept up this week’s trend for tightly priced short end dollar deals as it achieved its tightest ever spread to swaps on Thursday. Big demand for short dollar paper is creating a “bid-only” market, according to bankers. -
Kommuninvest is set to complete a trio of three year dollar benchmarks from SSAs this week, after Nordic Investment Bank comfortably priced in the tenor on Wednesday.
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A group of Nordic public sector issuers are preparing a “practical guide on impact reporting” in the green bond market. While the initial aim is to assist Nordic borrowers in the public and private spheres, the authors hope that it could prove useful for issuers from other countries too.
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One of the public sector bond market's best known and liked heads of funding has quit the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to join SEB.
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Steven Jensen is leaving his loan syndication sales position at Nordic bank SEB in London to join Norwegian bank DNB.
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Swedish property manager Fastighets AB Balder printed the year’s first hybrid bond with speculative grade ratings on Thursday, after investors oversubscribed its €350m offering by 4.5 times.
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Fastighets AB Balder, the Swedish property manager, began roadshowing for a €350m hybrid bond in euros and Swedish kronor on Tuesday. It may become the second Nordic borrower to issue in an otherwise quiet euro high yield market during the summer break.
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Two deals were priced this week in the European corporate bond market, and next week already looks busier. With a roadshow under way and four others coming up, the window before September’s European Central Bank meeting looks full.
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European corporate bond investors had only one corporate bond deal to consider in August before LafargeHolcim brought its €750m 12 year deal on Tuesday. But that lean period looks to be over as ISS Global followed with a €600m 10 year transaction on Wednesday.
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European corporate bond investors had only had one corporate bond deal to consider in August before LafargeHolcim brought its €750m 12 year deal on Tuesday. But that lean period looks to be over as ISS Global followed with a €600m 10 year transaction on Wednesday.
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On Tuesday LafargeHolcim became the first issuer for nearly two weeks to launch a corporate bond in Europe. The €750m 12 year deal received strong demand, which may lead other issuers to bring forward their plans.
